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Digital Cinema Pocket Guides Rainbow Grid

20 New Digital Cinema Pocket Guides

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 17

It’s been a long time since I made the original RED One Pocket Guide. So this major update is long overdue: a refreshed design, 20 total cameras, and all original cameras updated. You’d be hard pressed to find a more comprehensive resource like this anywhere else

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How to Work with Phantom Cine Files on Mac OS X

How to Use a Phantom Miro CineFlash Drive with Mac OS X

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 14

You have two options if you want to use a Miro with a Mac: either pay for some plugins or use this free method I’m going to show you today. If you want to pay, stop reading and go here. But if you think free sounds pretty nice, keep on reading

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Why Are We So Obsessed with Camera Specs

Why Are We So Obsessed with Camera Specs?

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 26

It happens everytime a new camera is released. The film vs. digital debate gets dragged out of the mud it’s been trampled into and is subject to another beating. After that runs its course, a more nuanced debate starts happening: one digital system vs. another digital system.

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Shooting with RED Epic #10: It’s a Computer Inside of a Camera Body

Shooting with RED Epic #10: It’s a Computer Inside of a Camera Body

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 20

Sometimes we forget what we’re dealing with. As our series on the RED Epic comes to a close, it’s time to take a look at the most obvious, yet most often ignored part of the camera.

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Shooting with RED Epic #9: You Must Know What You Want from the Camera

Shooting with RED Epic #9: You Must Know What You Want from the Camera

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 2

Because the body is so basic and so customizable, you will definitely add modules, accessories, and other gear to it. There’s just no practical way to shoot with the RED Epic without doing so. And whether you like it or not, it’s up to you to make sure you grab what you need.

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Shooting with RED Epic #8: How to Shoot Slow Motion at Varispeed Framerates

Shooting with RED Epic #8: How to Shoot Slow Motion at Varispeed Framerates

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 9

Part of the sexiness of the RED Epic is its amazing ability to shoot high-speed, slow motion footage at high resolutions. And you bet directors and cinematographers take advantage of this. So it follows that if you’re working with the RED Epic, you need to know how to shoot slow-mo.

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Shooting with RED Epic #7: Difference Between REDCODE Data Ratios

Shooting with RED Epic #7: Difference Between REDCODE Data Ratios

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 8

The RED Epic, with its 5K resolution and low compression options, can be the biggest enabler of data bloat if you let it. That’s why it’s crucial to understand the difference between the various REDCODE data ratios that range from 3:1 all the way to 18:1.

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RED Epic GUI Mockup

Shooting with RED Epic #6: Know Your Camera’s Firmware and Its Limitations

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 2

While a steady stream of improvements on the software side is promising – and indeed the chosen course for digital cinema cameras today – it can sometimes mean an underdeveloped system being released with a camera, thus the beta-test complaints.

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Shooting with RED Epic #5: How Epic's Auto-Focus Works Against You When Off

Shooting with RED Epic #5: How Epic’s Auto-Focus Works Against You When Off

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 13

One of the big reasons the Epic made such a splash was the Canon lens mount swappable with the standard PL Mount. Suddenly, thousands of filmmakers who already owned still lenses could put their glass to use. And, with that, a collective groan from camera assistants was had.

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Shooting with RED Epic #4: Use the LED Status Indicators to Save Time

Shooting with RED Epic #4: Use the LED Status Indicators to Save Time

by Evan LuziCameras

  • 0

Unlike the RED One which seemed to add indicator lights on the body for no real purpose other than aesthetics, the Epic takes advantage of these lights to relay useful information about the camera. Of course, that depends on your ability to read them correctly.

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